General disease report on my tomatoes - with no spraying

[nctomatoman]

As many of you know, I don't spray anything on my plants, so this report may be of interest in getting just a general sense of disease susceptibility of various varieties. There are always too many variables to make this a definitive anything - it is just data. And it may be of interest in assessing the various dwarfs (from each other, as well as vs indeterminate varieties).

Dwarf varieties:

Essentially healthy: Jade Beauty, Emerald Giant, Beryl Beauty, Summer Sunrise, Mr. Snow, Summertime Gold, Sarandipity, Summertime Green, Blazing Beauty, Sweet Sue, Kelly Green, Blazing Beauty, Blazing Beauty, Lucky Swirl PL, Tidy Striped, Rose Mallee, Coorong Red, Loxton Lass, Summertime Green, Russian Swirl, Summertime Green, Pesty Bicolor, Coorong Pink, Maralinga, Sunny PL, Lime Green Salad, Emerald Giant, Mr Snow, Summertime Gold, Rosella Purple, TastyWine, Barossa Moon, Sweet Sue, Kelly Green, Rosella Crimson, Blazing Beauty, Tasty Brown, Rosella Purple (noteworthy - all 16 of those from the Sneezy family are very healthy)

Fairly healthy, some issues: Sweet Adelaide, Wherokowhai, Perth Pride, Mahogany, Tasmanian Chocolate, Beauty Green, Rosella Purple, Rosella Purple

Struggling with issues: Sweet Scarlet Dwarf, Pesty Pink, Chocolate Lightning, Beauty King, Fred's Tie Dye, Sleeping Lady, Boronia

Struggling a lot with issues: Rosella Crimson, Uluru Ochre, Shellby's Purple, Boronia, Rosella Crimson

Essentially Dead: Wild Fred, Lucky Swirl RL, BrandyFred, Chocolate Heart, New Big Dwarf, Shazka, Tasmanian Chocolate, Purple Heart

Interesting that New Big Dwarf - an oldie - seems to always be quite disease prone. Wild Fred and Tasmanian Chocolate were in the same general area, so disease build up may be severe near where they grew. And, both from the Porky family went down pretty quick.

Also, Rosella Crimson - at least two of the selections - seem to struggle a bit.

I think the key is how many of the dwarfs still look excellent at the same time as many indeterminate varieties are struggling (see below)

High Level view of indeterminates (focusing primarily on those that are struggling)

Healthy: Mexico Midget, Coyote, Big Beef, Ch Purple Heart, Cherokee Purple, Cherokee Chocolate, Lucky Cross, Stump of the World, Surprise, Not Indian Stripe, Cherokee Chocolate, Lucky Cross, Little Lucky, Henderson Bicolor, Martino's Roma, Most of the small pot extreme prune indeterminates

Some issues: Lucky Cross, Sungold, Lucky Cross, Dragon Heart, Brandywine, German Johnson, Little Lucky, White Cherry

Lots of issues: Bisignano #2, Russian Queen, Brandywine, Yellow Prue, Prue, Mortgage Lifter, Reinhard's Yellow Heart, Garden Peach, BrandyTad 5

Essentially dead: Cherokee Green, Surprise, BrandyTad 6

For disease, the primary issue is Fusarium Wilt...secondarily, there is some Bacterial Wilt. Very little Septoria this year.


I've never gotten to Tomatopalooza with such healthy plants, really!

[rsg2001]

Craig, I use very little spray. Hot Pepper Wax spray occasionally for aphids/whiteflies, Serenade as a preventive (bio)fungicide (uses bacillus subtilis), and harpin protein which I've generally had good experience with in stimulating growth and general health (I don't believe that it is an 'immune stimulant", however the plants seemv vigorous).

I have also found New Big Dwarf to be disease prone. Two of the three have some early blight, and one looks great.
Lucky Cross isn't looking so hot, both the one iplanted n an Earth Box and the one planted in the ground. I believe it's also early blight.
Cherokee Purple (1 plant) has some early blight, while Cherokee Green is very vigorous and healthy-looking, as is Cherokee Chocolate.
Everything else, knock on wood, is looking good so far.

Healthy: Eva Purple Ball, Sungold, Black Cherry, Black from Tula, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Cherokee Green, Cherokee Chocolate, Lime Green Salad, Sprite, Riesentraube, Virginia Sweets, Limmony, Red Brandywine.

So-so: Lucky Cross, New Big Dwarf, Big Raspberry, Green Zebra Cherry. Cherokee Purple.

Fading: Moravsky Div, Kimberly (yellowing leaves; doesn't look like Early Blight. Maybe they just don't like a self-waterin ontainer. Marizol Purple may have fusarium wilt; seeing some yellow branches halfway up the plant.

[gardenmama]

I really want to see how the plants would do in an environment of the novice gardener so I don't spray either. This season the disease issues have been surprising as ones that have done well in the past are succumbing to blights and wilts this year.

Fairly Healthy, minor leaf issues due to heat: Druzba, Chocolate Truffle (RL), Unknown Pink Cherry, Brandy Fred- Beta, Brandy Fred-Gamma, Wherokowhai-Beta, Purple Frosty-eh, Mountain Gold

Some disease issues but putting on new growth and setting fruit: Kosovo, Hillbilly West VA, Burgundy Traveler, KBX, Green Giant (one plant), Chocolate Truffle (PL#1), Chocolate Truffle (PL#2), Tasty Wine-Fred

Disease issues, no new growth noted but fruits are still ripening well: Lime Green Salad, Kimberly, Ben Gantz (B), Wherokowhai (all of them), Tasty Wine-Barney, Cherokee Purple,

Disease issues, fruit looks funky too: Purple Frosty-See, Brandy Fred A, Japanese

Essentially Dead, just waiting for the last fruits to break color: Ben Gantz (A), Aunt Ruby's German Green, Black Krim, Jeff Davis, Shilling Giant (which wasn't giant), Japanese Black Trifle, Black Cherry,

Pulled out ages ago before fruit set: Brandy Fred - zeta, Earl's Faux, Southern Night, Japanese Black Trifle plant 2 (TSWV)

All in all one of the better years for me. My dining room table is loaded with ripe and ripening fruits and cups of seeds are fermenting away.